by
Björk
- Record Label: Elektra/Asylum
- Release Date: Sep 19, 2000
- Critic score
- Publication
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Q MagazineThere's still enough synapse-jangling vocal invention and moments of great beauty to make it a worthy addition ot Bjork's singular ouevre. [Nov. 2000, p.99]
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Too much dark and not enough dancer--textured passages that might sound great with luscious visuals, but are mere din from a cheap CD boom box.
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The album has its charms -- Björk's voice soars on "Scatter Heart," and her duet with Radiohead's Thom Yorke has a mambo-style sexiness -- but its overdone orchestrations and outsize emotions lack the resonance of Carousel and its metaphysical overtones or even the easygoing peacetime fizz of On the Town. [Sep 25, 2000]
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Something here brings out the most precious and irritating aspects of Björk's elfin voice.
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A refreshingly old-fashioned orchestral score intercut with rather less appealing jaunts through an atonal avant-garde.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 97 out of 108
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Mixed: 3 out of 108
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Negative: 8 out of 108
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Sep 22, 2010
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AndrewFAug 2, 2006
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Jan 13, 2023